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发帖数: 61690 | 1 The United States is resettling fewer refugees than the rest of the world
combined according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of data from the
United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees.
The study found that it is the first time the U.S has resettled fewer
refugees than the combined total of all other nations since the 1980 U.S.
Refugee Act, which allows the president to set caps on the number admitted.
Historically, the United States has led the world in refugee admissions,
having taken in more than 3 million of the 4 million refugees resettled
worldwide since the law's adoption.
But in 2017, the United States took in 33,000 refugees. That figure marks a
sharp decline from the roughly 97,000 refugees resettled in 2016 and the
lowest amount since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when the
government suspended refugee admissions for three months.
The rest of the world admitted about twice as many refugees last year at 69,
000.
The analysis also highlights a sharp decline in U.S. refugee resettlements
from 2016. The Obama administration notched a high that year, admitting 97,
000 refugees. |
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